• A beth din (Hebrew: בית דין, romanized: Bet Din, lit. 'house of judgment', [bet ˈdin], Ashkenazic: beis din, plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court of...
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  • Berachot 27b "What is a Beit Din". For cRc, R'Schwartz is #1 as Rosh, whereas for Beth Din of America, he is #1 as ABD: "Beth Din Zedek Ecclesiastical Judicature...
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  • The Johannesburg Beth Din is the Beth Din (Court of Jewish Law) of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa. It serves Jews throughout South Africa...
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  • The Beth Din of America is a Beth Din (Court of Jewish Law) which serves Jews throughout the United States of America as a forum for arbitrating disputes...
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    have a circumcision (if male) and immerse in the mikveh before a kosher beth din, comprising three Jewish males who are shomer Shabbat. There is also a...
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  • The London Beth Din (LBD) is the Ashkenazi Beth Din of the United Synagogue, the largest Ashkenazi synagogal body in London, England. In its capacity as...
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    house arrest because of his health. At the request of many, a special Beth din (religious court) was convened to investigate the rumors that had come...
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    the senior member of the Sydney Beth Din and owns in partnership with the other senior dayan, Moshe Gutnick. The Beth Din has jurisdiction over Orthodox...
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    scholar, born and raised in the Russian Empire, who later headed the London Beth Din rabbinical court for 17 years, before retiring to Jerusalem in 1951. Yehezkel...
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  • The Melbourne Beth Din (MBD) is an Orthodox / Chassidic Jewish court in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Located in Caulfield North, Victoria, it rules...
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    Foundation, Luxembourg, and has its offices in Luxembourg. The European Beth Din was established over 15 years ago, as an initiative of the late Chief Rabbi...
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  • Orthodox Chabad Hasidic movement. Rabbi Gutnick is a senior member of the Beth Din (rabbinical court) in Sydney, Australia. Gutnick is currently President...
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  • gave his position as Av Beth Din to Rabbi Yona Reiss, he was the av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) of both the Beth Din of America and the Chicago...
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    including the Mishnah, makes mention of the beth midrash as an institution distinct from the beth din and Sanhedrin. It was meant as a place of Torah...
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  • the term featured heavily in administrative and legal proceedings i.e. Beth Din, literally "the house of judgement," the ancient building block of the...
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  • symbol in Europe, is the "KLBD" of the London Beth Din based in London. The "MK" symbol of the Manchester Beth Din is also a globally recognised symbol, listed...
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  • used symbols are the "KLBD" logo of the London Beth Din and the "MK" logo of the Manchester Beth Din. A single K is sometimes used as a symbol for kosher...
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  • arose, the local Beth din was consulted. If they had a tradition [thereon] they stated it; if not, they went to the nearest Beth din. If they had a tradition...
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    The Beth Din have become the main Beth Din for anyone outside of Victoria following the Melbourne Beth Din's restructure. The Sydney Beth Din has had...
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    Hasidic movement. Rabbi Braun serves as a member of the Beth Din of Crown Heights, the Bais Din Tzedek (Jewish Rabbinical Court) of the Jewish community...
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  • siruv or spelled seruv) is a form of contempt of court order issued by a beth din (rabbinical court) in an effort to compel action by an individual. The...
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  • Torah law (halakhah), was expected to preside as Head of the Court (av beth din), although lay assessors might join him in judgment. The judgments were...
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    Jewish woman trying to obtain a divorce from a reluctant husband. Agunah Beth din Jewish prenuptial agreement Jewish views on marriage Ketubah Lieberman...
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  • Hefker beth-din hefker (alternative spelling: hefker beit din hefker) (Hebrew: הפקר בית דין הפקר), "that which is declared by a court ownerless property...
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    returning to Troyes, Rashi joined the beth din, began answering halakhic questions and later served as the beth din's head after the death of Zerach ben...
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  • a term in Jewish law which means that one hundred Rabbis agree with a beth din (rabbinical court) that a particular situation warrants an exemption to...
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    (Av Beth Din of Europe), Dayan Menachem Gelly (Rosh Beth Din of the London Beth Din), and Dayan Avraham David (Rosh Beth Din of the Sephardi Beth Din)....
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  • British Orthodox rabbi. He served for many years as the head of the London Beth Din in Great Britain (also known as The Court of the Chief Rabbi), serving...
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  • Jewish community is the agreement of the Beth Din of America. It is a “binding arbitration agreement.” The Beth Din, accepted by both bride and groom as an...
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  • precedent in Talmudic times. A Vaad has different responsibilities from a beth din (rabbinical court). Older examples include the Council of Four Lands. Since...
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